The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-23

the cream OF the best vineyards, but
be never drinks anything stronger
than Apollinaris water himself.
John M. Dyer Of northern Yer.
mont, who died recently, was an i'm
mense man, over six feet tall and oil
800 pounds weight. It was necessary
to make a coffin for him, land no
hearse was large enough to carry it;
so it was taken through the front win.
low of the house and placed in an ex-
press wagon, which was barely large
enough to receive 1t.
Dan Rice, the old clown, Indignantly
denies that he is poor man. He
says "If to own 100000 acres OF
land in Texas and New Mexico, and
1000 in Calhoun county. Miss, and
/ ZOO in Lincoln county, Ark, Is to be
abjectly poor, then ! am poor indeed" "
Helene, the only daughter OF Baron
Solomon Rothschild OF Paris Is going
to marry Captain Van 6messier. a
poor young man in the Belgian army.
However, HELENE and her husband
will not suffer. She has already an
immense fortune in her own right and
her dot will be about $4,000. 600.
What is thought to DO the shortest
courtship and quickest marriage on
record have just taken place at Green
River City. Frank Tracy went into q
restaurant for supper. where he was
haunted by one OF tho mattresses at
being bachelor. He at once pro.
posed, and within thirty minutes Miss
Hannah Wilson and Frank Tracy
we're man and wife.
Mark Twain may not be much OF a
humorist, but he is a good Enancier.
In his reading tour with Gable. two
years ago, he paid the latter $500 a
week and expenses for four months
and cleared $40, 900 on the deal.
A preacher OF salina. Nsb., recently
made requisition for hali-fare ticket,
in accordance with the new regulations
OF one OF the Western roads which re-
quire an affidavit from ministers, to
the effect that they are regularly or
dained clergyman and engaged in no
other business or occupation. In the
Nebraska preachers certificate, after
the words ~ ain engaged in no other
business or occupation" WAS added
the phrase "But in preaching the I'M
suchible richs OF Gods word"
Clerical Gent Ito fellow-passenger)-
"Have you ever thought that IN the
midst OF life we are in DEATH" Eel
low-P assenger--"Oiten." "Have you
reflected that at any moment We may
BE- hurled into eternity, and that we
ought to be prepared for that event?"
"I've said so a million times" '1s it
possible that. am speaking to q
brother clergyman I judged from
your dress" ''I'm an insurance
agent. Just let me show you a few
figures"
Il is said that when Alexander
Mitchell was q banker in Milwaukee
there was once arun on his bank. On
the second day OF tho run an old
Scotchman entered the bank, covered
with mud, and carrying pair OF sad
dlebags. He could not gain access to
Mr.. Mitchell on account OF the crowd,
but he shouted out to him, holding
up the saddlebags: "Aleck, mon, l
heard we hod room on yer bank. and
bring We all i have, mon-$2, 600 in
gold" The crowd contemplated the
old Scotchman for moment, and
then began to drop out OF the line, and
in less than an hour the run had
ceased.
An Essex man has the biggest appe.
tite in all Massachusetts,, il not in the
United States. He eats vast quanti-
ties of food, but all to no purpose,
for he is growing weaker and thinner.
Doctors have tried in vain to cure him,
and once, at the advice ofo of them,
he abstained for fifty two hours from
eating anything. But the suffering
during that period was most intense,
and finding he could stand it no lon
ger, he started in and ate continuous
ly Tor twenty-seven minutes as fast
as he could bolt down the food. Then
he walked out into the yard, and. still
feeling hungry, immediately reentered
the house and repeated the operation
of few minutes before. At the end
OF the second meal he was still hum
cry but was afraid to eat any more.
A Russian Prison.